Gallery: Who has the best odds of making Team Canada?

Who has the best odds at making Canada's Olympic hockey team?

With 47 NHLers attending Canada's Olympic orientation camp, we take a look at the odds of which ones actually have a shot of making the team ...

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Defenceman: P.K. Subban, 24, Toronto, Montreal Canadiens

Odds: 90%

Although he missed training camp last season, Subban scorched the NHL en route to winning the Norris Trophy. If he can keep up anywhere close to that pace he'll be on Team Canada. (BEN PELOSSE/QMI Agency)

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Goalie: Roberto Luongo, 34, Montreal, Vancouver Canucks

Odds: 100%

When it comes to goalies at camp, it's really Luongo, Carey Price and everybody else. At this point, Luongo is the clear starter for Canada. (ANDRE FORGET/QMI Agency)

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Goalie: Carey Price, 26, Anahim Lake, B.C., Montreal Canadiens

Odds: 92%

Among the goalies coming to camp, Price clearly has the inside edge to nab the No. 2 job behind Roberto Luongo. Would have to be massively outplayed to not make the team. (BEN PELOSSE/QMI Agency)

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Defenceman: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, 26, Montreal, San Jose Sharks

Odds: 5%

As consistent and reliable as Vlasic is, he's out of his league at this camp. (CODIE McLACHLAN/QMI Agency)

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Sidney Crosby’s golden goal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games is a memory for the ages.

Who could forget the play — a short pass from Jarome Iginla and then a quick shot that beat United States goalie Ryan Miller through the legs to claim a 3-2 overtime victory in Vancouver — followed by celebrations from coast to coast.

As players gathered in Calgary on Sunday for the start of the Team Canada men’s team orientation camp, the great memories of Crosby’s tally were obviously brought up.

On the flipside, though, Crosby said the camp, which runs through Wednesday and the coming tournament in February in Sochi, Russia, allows him to start writing a new chapter in his already fantastic career.

“I don’t think about it that much,” Crosby said as he arrived at the airport to a throng of media and even more autograph seekers. “Coming to this (camp) almost allows you turn the page a little bit on it. This is a new Olympics. It’s a great memory, don’t get me wrong, but this is a new challenge.

“Going to Russia, knowing there’s a lot of motivated teams and countries wanting to win as well, my focus is on preparing for that.”

The list of stars who have come to Calgary is long, but Crosby was the main attraction at the airport when he was among the first arrivals, with a huge gauntlet of fans and well-wishers gathered for him to get through before being shuttled to the WinSport Markin MacPhail Centre.

His overtime goal was just one of the reasons for the attention.

“It went by pretty quick,” Crosby said of the time since the 2010 Games. “For me, having injuries and that, it went by pretty quick.

“Once you get everyone together, you see the same faces and you start to prepare, I’m sure there will be things familiar. For the most part, you’re looking at this as a new experience and a new challenge.”

The biggest drawback to this year’s camp is the fact the high cost of insurance prevents the players from hitting the ice together, which would have been a treat for the fans to watch, as was the case in past years.

“It was nice to skate last time,” Crosby said of the camp in Calgary four years ago. “It wasn’t that long, it was a few days, but it was good to skate. It would have been nice (this year) but I still think we can get something out of this. Coming in here, guys are going to be able to figure things out.

“Once the team is assembled and you get over there, there’s not a lot of time, so the more you can prepare, know what’s going to happen, know what to expect, the better off you are.

“I think a lot of that’s going to happen the next few days.”

On top of all the logistical information about going to Russia and the Olympics, players will be given a rundown of the coaching staff’s plans on how best to make their game translate onto the bigger ice in Europe.

But with a younger team than was iced in Vancouver expected at the coming Olympics, it’ll be time for some new leaders to emerge, and Crosby is an obvious candidate for the captaincy.

“I think there’s tons of leadership,” said Crosby, who rarely, if ever, will be caught tooting his own horn.

“If you look at the list of guys that are here at this camp, there’s a lot of captains, a lot of leadership.

“I don’t think anyone has to do anything different. I think it should be a pretty natural thing.”

Another big change from four years ago is that Iginla, the former face of the Calgary Flames franchise who signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins and was a hero at a couple of Olympic tournaments, wasn’t among those invited.

“There’s probably a list that people could compile of guys that they think should or shouldn’t (be here). That’s the reality of playing for Team Canada. It’s so competitive and it’s unfortunate,” Crosby said of his linemate in 2010.

“Playing with Jarome at the last Olympics and having played with him in Pittsburgh, it would have been nice to see him here, but we all know this is just part of it, it isn’t the team, and the first half of the season has a big influence on who’s on the team.”

Sidney Crosby's 2010 goal still golden, but Pens star wants to make new memories in Sochi

Gallery: Who has the best odds of making Team Canada?

Sidney Crosby’s golden goal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games is a memory for the ages.

Who could forget the play — a short pass from Jarome Iginla and then a quick shot that beat United States goalie Ryan Miller through the legs to claim a 3-2 overtime victory in Vancouver — followed by celebrations from coast to coast.

As players gathered in Calgary on Sunday for the start of the Team Canada men’s team orientation camp, the great memories of Crosby’s tally were obviously brought up.

On the flipside, though, Crosby said the camp, which runs through Wednesday and the coming tournament in February in Sochi, Russia, allows him to start writing a new chapter in his already fantastic career.